Just for fun, and to supplement our discussion on books vs. e-books, here is a New York Times article that compares the environmental impact of books vs. E-readers:
"How Green is My iPad?" by Daniel Coleman and Gregory Norris
And finally, this graphic sums up how I feel about real books! Is anyone else as nerdy as I am??
Reading an e-book to me, is a completely different experience than picking up an actual book. When reading an e-book, there is the possibility for distractions like email, texting... But with an actual book, you get that reading feel for it when you turn the pages.
ReplyDelete-Chris Quick
I think that it would be more useful if you were to use the E-reader because you can highlight anything you want, search anything at anytime, it can hold hundreds of books and it is only $10.00 for a book on e-reader and $25.00 for a paper back book.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that using e-reader is more energy-efficient, but a little bit worse for the natural environments than reading paper books. After doing all math, I think there is just a little difference of their effects on the our natures. However, for our health, I believe reading paper books is better than using e-readers because e-readers have electronic wave which is usually considered as a bad impact on our health. Therefore, for me, I prefer reading paper books to using e-readers.
ReplyDelete-Minsu Kim
By the way, of course, making a decision to use e-reader or not depends on a person, which one is important to decide to use it or not? Environmental effect, energy-efficient, or health effect?
ReplyDelete-Minsu Kim
At the end of the “How Green is my iPad?” article it says something like one e-reader being environmentally equivalent to 40-50 or 100 books. Well I already have a couple hundred, so does that mean I’ve done the environmentally correct thing? Also it said at the beginning that they were just looking at the e-reading aspect of devices and not any other functions that they do, but I’m thinking a lot of people actually buy them for those other reasons and e-reading is sometimes just a bonus. I knew someone with an iPad that used it for games, the internet, other apps, and never even used it to read books. Even though I probably use mine 90% of the time to e-read, I still use it for lots of other things, from Facebook to checking my bank account to ordering pizza; there are so many other things to do on them. I think it is ridiculous for the authors to focus on just one of the many aspects that these devices offer because chances are they’re going to buy them whether or not they’re going to e-read; so if they already have them, wouldn’t it be more environmentally friendly if they use the e-reader part instead of having a device and buying printed books as well?
ReplyDelete-Ashleigh Saunders
e-Book for me are great for references books and such. Anything that benefits from a search button. However if it a novel I would read, I find it difficult for me to use those eBook. It just doesn't feel right when I'm reading a book on the screen as it really disrupt the flow, especially when your "flipping" the page.
ReplyDeleteEbooks are great to make books available and handy everywhere. However, You can never experience the awesome smell of books, or the feel and sound of turning pages. E-books are great but only if the real books are still dominating because real books make me want to read more.
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